How to fix hydroponic yellow basil stemming from an iron deficiency that is actually a PH issue.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video I basically go out of my way to drive the point of "yellow basil" and "iron deficiency" all really stemming from high PH and driving it home that nothing else matters except the PH. I have a 3d printed hydroponics project I am working but thought I would get this primer out today.
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Excellent straight into the point video. Great work
Thanks for the video. It's just what I was looking for. Short and sweet.
Great video brother! Very informative and good information. I'm looking forward to follow up videos regarding your findings.
Yeah learning how to get basil to actually stay green was a pain in the butt. One video talks about putting coffee grounds in the soil and all this sketchy stuff like putting rusty nails in the water etc. I was over it. Fix the PH and move on lol.
Great info, the vacuum was the best.
Thank you for the tips
It sounds like the Ph keeps changing. Is there a point at which it will stay where you're trying to keep it? Also, how do you test Ph in soil. Is there a different type of Ph meter for that? I have some basil plants in the ground that are growing but their leaves are staying small when they grow in and it does tend to get yellow on the bottom leaves and some will even dry up and get brown, so this may or may not be what you're experiencing, but I am planning on taking some cuttings or growing seeds in hydroponics. I have not yet tried basil that way.
In a larger reservoir it can stabilize where you need to adjust less often. No matter what PH adjustments never end but you can space them out.
I had this problem and i was thinking maybe adding ferrous sulfate.. maybe it will work at any ph since its a salt...
Thanks for the tips, by the way, should I adjust the pH?
Yes bring it to the zone and watch as it quickly recovers and grows quickly. All I had to do was adjust ph no supplements just adjust and kaboom. Green basil.
how about adding EDDHA iron chelates. iron is available up to ph 9
I found fixing the ph was the ONLY thing. I did read about EDDHA but there was some tradeoff which I dont remember anymore.
Unless pH down/up work differently than acid and base, adding them together just makes water.
So I wouldn't recommend doing what he said with the clamping the pH unless your using the right product.
While there are better ways to buffer a hydroponic solution, the clamping down method works and is documented by other growers using kratky. You forgot the part about adding the nutrients and how those interact. Especially when using RO water with no acid/bases present. Anyone can try this and have a control and find if there is any benefit.
"In the case of adding acidic fertilizers to water, these often contain nitrogen in the form of ammonium ions (NH4+), which can act as a weak acid. If you were to subsequently add a strong base, like potassium hydroxide, you would deprotonate some of the ammonium ions to form ammonia (NH3), which is the conjugate base of the ammonium ion. This could potentially form an ammonium/ammonia buffer system.
Similarly, many fertilizers contain phosphate ions (PO4^3-) which can act as a weak base. Adding a strong acid could protonate the phosphate ions to form dihydrogen phosphate (H2PO4-), hydrogen phosphate (HPO4^2-), or even monohydrogen phosphate (H3PO4), depending on the amount of acid added. This could potentially form a phosphate buffer system."
Great video, you might need to write a script for your video before recording
It helps explain your solution better
That requires work LOL.
What is the pH of your water?
I like to go to 5 to 5.5. Its on the low side, but these buckets and small and the PH rises fast. If you target the recommended PH of like 6, you will be in the high range quickly and that will create the yellow basil leaves in a few days.
@@iheart3dprinting951 Although I've never used hydroponics, I know whenever you start adding pH adjusters to water and then nutrients, it's really like walking a tight rope. So if your starting out at 5-5.5, I'm curious what is your tap water is at to begin with?
Too much talk. What the solution?
He literally tells you like 25 times, how poor is your attention.
I think its Vineger